Coin of Messina

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The Mint ( Zecca ) in Messina minted royal coins until 1678.

history

The first known coins of Messina are the denarii (Latin: denarius ):

  • Denaro: The main silver coin in Rome since 211 BC. Chr.

At the beginning of the 10th century, the Tarì were minted in Messina :

  • Tarì: The name is originally Arabic and indicates a gold coin from the zecca in Messina. Around 1500 it was also available as a silver coin. Tarì was minted well into the 19th century.

During the reign of the Normans, gold coins, but also copper coins, were minted. Under Henry VI. from the Staufer dynasty the copper coin was abolished, so that only gold coins were minted. The Kingdom of Sicily was administratively divided. One administration ruled Sicily and parts of Calabria, the other administration Calabria as far as the north. Under Frederick II , there were mints on Amalfi that only minted gold coins, and those in Brindisi that used gold but also a metal alloy.

In Sicily there was the zecca of Messina , like that of Brindisi, which minted gold coins. It was also in Palermo dominated, but only in the first years under the rule of Frederick II. The first coin was the one that carried the name of the Regent. Henry IV and son Frederick I, who in 1169 for Roman-German king was chosen is.

The coinage of Frederick II in Messina can be divided into three periods:

  • Tarì (1197–1208): coins that were minted in Frederick's childhood ; Gold coins with a two-headed stylized eagle or a stylized eagle turned to the left on the obverse (→ Reichsadler ). A cross can be seen on the back.
  • Tarì (1209–1220): coins that Frederick II had minted himself; Coins depicting a crowned eagle turned left or right.
  • Augustale (1221–1250): gold coins with the designation F. IMPERATOR (abbreviation of the ruler's name and imperial title) and a crowned eagle, whose head is turned to the left or right. In particular, the Augustale of Frederick II should be mentioned: The Augustale was intended to reproduce the portrait of the Roman-German emperor , in which the emperor's symbol resembles that of Augustus ; Work of a Jewish goldsmith Gaudio in Messina. There is the following inscription: IMP (erator) ROM (anorum) CAESAR AUG (ustus) . On the back you can see an eagle (symbol of the Roman and Staufer rulers) and the words FRIDERICUS .

Under Peter III. (1282–1285) a Piereale was minted for the first time :

  • Piereale: This coin is also called pereale, pirreale or reale di Pietro . The name is made up of the components Piero (Italian for Peter ) and real (Italian for royal ). Piereali were minted in Messina from the rule of the House of Aragon up to Martin II . There were pearls made of both gold and silver.

Material and pictures

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Web links

  • The gold Augustals and coronation coins of Frederick II , after his marriage to Yolanda von Brienne in 1225, with the inscription re di Gerusalemme (King of Jerusalem) from the era of the Monetazione stupor mundi (coinage of the - wonder of the world - Frederick II ) [1]
  • Francesco Maurolico [2]
  • The coins Tari from the era of the Monetazione sveva (Staufer coinage) from XII. to XIII. Century [3]
  • The Tarì coin (Arabic origin) [4]